I'm a bit of a control freak, so I always appreciate being inside the nuts and bolts of the music - I don't like newer programs that paper over your cracks.

There was a time when beheadings were in the public mind because people around the world were getting their heads cut off for various reasons.

It'd be tricky to read into my lyrics - some are autobiographical, but sometimes I just like the sound of words.

I don't think of my music as something that works well in the background. And because a lot of it isn't in 4/4, people might not like to dance to it.

I hope nobody I wrote about becomes too upset.

I love playing piano, too, but I don't sit around doing it all day. Part of that's because I don't have one in my house - I only have synths.

What bugs me are parodies - they're never as special as the original thing.